The VietNamNet online newspaper co-ordinated with the Việt Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA), under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), to discuss turning off 2G waves.
Telecommunication service providers are being urged to support subscribers to switch to mobile phones with higher technology before the abolishment of 2G technology on land from September 16.
The production and import of phones using 2G and 3G technology will stop from the beginning of July, according to a new circular from the Ministry of Information and Communications.
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) will soon announce a roadmap for full termination of the second generation network (2G) technology to release broadband support for 3G, 4G and 5G.
Vietnamobile has received licences to become a joint stock company and provide 2G and 3G telecom services from the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Viet Nam had 29.1 million 3G subscribers, a 29.6 per cent year-on-year increase, as of June 2015, a report by the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam said.
The Government has approved a telecom development master plan that says
preparations to introduce 4G technology will begin this year, but
critics say it should be reconsidered since the existing 3G capacity has
yet to be fully utilised and 4G devices could be...